Abbreviations used in
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adj. adjective |
cont. contraction |
der. derived from |
n noun |
phr. phrase |
v verb |
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Pace Stick |
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Carried and used by the RSM and CSMs. Designed in the manner of a
large pair of dividers to measure the pace of a marching body of troops. Used
mainly to prod the person and equipment of troops under inspection, and
brandished in a threatening manner to intimidate and strike fear into
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Pay Book |
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See ‘AB 64’. |
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Pegged |
v sl. |
To be charged. |
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Pillock |
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Idiot. |
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Pin head |
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See ‘Pillock’. |
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Pint pot |
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One-pint capacity white china mug used for drinking tea and other
beverages, and an effective weapon for inflicting head-wounds upon an
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Piquet |
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Guard or fire watch personnel. |
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Piss artist |
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One who copiously and frequently imbibes. |
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Piss head |
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See ‘Piss artist’. |
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Pissed off |
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See ‘Brassed off’. |
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Pissing down |
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Raining heavily. |
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Pit |
n sl. |
Bed. |
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Plank |
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Derogatory nickname for a Gunner, Royal Artillery. Hence: 1 plankton = 100 Gunners. |
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Plid |
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Excreta. Used as a metaphor e.g. to be “dropped in the plid”.. |
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Plonker |
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See ’Knob’. |
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Pluke |
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Facial blemish, usually of a suppurating nature, that afflicts
some teenagers. |
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Pom |
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Dehydrated potatoes. |
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Effeminate. |
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Poncho |
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In military usage, a waterproof cape. |
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Pongo |
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Derogatory name applied to soldiers by other branches of the
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Prang |
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Crash. |
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Prat |
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See Pin head. |
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Predictor |
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Electro-mechanical forerunner of the modern computer. It was used
to predict and feed range, speed and altitude data to the anti-aircraft guns. |
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PRI |
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President of the Regimental Institute, i.e. Regimental Fund that could be drawn upon to
finance any number of worthwhile projects. |
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Provost |
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Camp police [not alluding to
homosexuality]. |
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Pt. I O |
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Part I Order. |
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Pt. II O |
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Part II Order. |
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Puke |
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Vomit. |
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PULHEEMS |
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Physical capacity to carry out job. Upper extremities. Lower extremities. Hearing. left Eye. right Eye. Mental capacity to carry out orders. pSychiatric assessment. |
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Put the bubble in |
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Report/expose someone for perceived wrongdoing. |
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Put the kybosh on |
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Purposely mar or spoil something, prevent something from
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Put the mockers on |
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